AP Poll 11/9

Associated Press Poll

Year: 1959

11/9/1959

Week 8

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points	Prev
1	Syracuse (111)	2,325	4
2	Texas (85)	2,313	3
3	LSU (13)	1,848	1
4	USC (14)	1,576	6
5	Mississippi (14)	1,488	5
6	Northwestern (2)	1,311	2
7	Wisconsin (19)	1,243	9
8	Auburn (9)	808	8
9	Tennessee (4)	674	13
10	Penn State	608	7
11	Clemson (3)	362	10
12	Georgia (2)	263	11
13	Washington	159	12
14	Oregon (2)	101	15
15	Georgia Tech	92	19
16	Iowa (1)	56	NR
16	North Texas	56	20
18	TCU	40	17
19	Michigan State	33	NR
20	Arkansas	28	16

Associated Press Poll
Started in 1936.

More Info

The Associated Press began running polls of sports writers to determine who is, by popular opinion, the best college football team in the country. The first AP Poll was run in 1934 but was not run continuously until 1936.

The AP Poll currently lists the top 25 teams in the nation. From 1936 to 1961 the poll only ranked the top 20 teams. From 1962 to 1967 it only ranked the top 10 teams. From 1968 to 1988 the AP Poll returned to ranking the top 20 teams. In 1989 they started ranking the top 25 teams.

The AP poll was used in the beginning of the BCS to calculate the team standings. Due to some controversies within the BCS, the AP Poll was pulled from these calculations which caused the BCS to create the new Harris Poll.